http://rehmonnya.org Human Rights Foundation of Monland Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:17:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en HURFOM: Because two bombs exploded in Three Pagodas Town, the Burmese army ordered the residents to increase the security. Some locals and ceasefire leaders told HURFOM that they expect that the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) will attempt to use this event to ensnare cease-fire groups to act as Border ... http://rehmonnya.org/archives/963 The international community has been paying serious attention to the trial against Burma prodemocracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, but the military regime's State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) has tried to change that attention by attacking the Karen National Union (KNU) and the Karen people. This is an old strategy the SPDC ... http://rehmonnya.org/archives/952 INTRODUCTION Along the coast of western Thanbyuzayat Township lies one of Burma’s most beautiful beaches.  Besides the natural beauty of the coastline, the region is home to hundreds of farmers who are the heart of the local economy, cultivating long-term crops of rubber and fruit trees. However the strand road construction ... http://rehmonnya.org/archives/939 HURFOM: Burmese army soldiers began forcing Thanbyuzayat Township villagers to provide sentry duty along the Ye-Melamine railway. Some think this is merely a profit-making venture by the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), as they also offered up a 1,000 kyat fine for villagers unwilling or unable to stand guard. On June ... http://rehmonnya.org/archives/934 HURFOM: After villagers repaired the gas pipeline with unpaid manual labor, there are still leaks in the Ah Khon village, Mudon Township, Mon State. Because of the sustained leaks, the villagers worry that the Burmese army will force them to again repair the Yadana/Yetagun gas pipeline. According to Ah Khon villager Mi ... http://rehmonnya.org/archives/929 WCRP: Five Bangkok men posed as Thai police before kidnapping and robbing a 20-year-old girl.  She had only been married 20 days. One night in May, at around 3 a.m., the group of five men came to the apartment where a Burmese migrant worker family was living. They broke down the ... http://rehmonnya.org/archives/926 WCRP: Two women, Mi Moe San and Mi Khin Win (name changed for security purposes), were kidnapped by their construction site supervisor, and held hostage for about 4 nights and 5 days because their husbands ran away after being physically abused by the supervisor and his friends. The two women ... http://rehmonnya.org/archives/923 WCRP: On the evening of June 15th, Ma L—L—H— was in her room at her father’s house in Mahachai when she heard a man enter into her room.  This man then tried to rape the 16-year-old girl, WCRP learned after speaking with her mother.   The mother added that it was ... http://rehmonnya.org/archives/918 WCRP: A 13-year-old of child was taken by lenders for 3 days after her mother, who had take out 2 loans, was unable to pay back her debt. “On June 10th 2009, the lenders came and they wanted me to give back their money. However, my job is not going well ... http://rehmonnya.org/archives/915 HURFOM, MUDON: A local commander in Mudon township assaulted a young villager after the pipeline section under the commander’s protection was damaged. On June 10th, the commander from Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) No. 209 became angry after a high-ranking officer from South East (SE) Command complained about the gas pipeline rupture ... http://rehmonnya.org/archives/910